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Fascinating. Hawaii has been under military occupation for over 100 years. No one cares.Does Israel have a right to defend itself?
“The right to self-defense that Israel has invoked under Article 51 of the UN Charter is quite clear. It entitles a state to repel an attack that comes from another state. So, the action necessary to repel the attack must be based on its intensity and scope. And it must be proportional,” she said on the Arab News current-affairs show “Frankly Speaking.”
- Francesca Albanese says Israel’s assault on Gaza is without legal merit as “self-defense cannot apply in a context of military occupation”
- UN special rapporteur on Palestine says UN Charter only “entitles a state to repel an attack based on its intensity and scope,” meaning response should be “proportional”
- Wants allies of Israel to ask Netanyahu what he meant by talking of changing the Middle East as this would “make another form of resistance emerge”
Albanese added: “There is jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice that says that self-defense cannot apply in a context of military occupation when, in this case, Israel is occupying another state, another people.”
Explaining the context of a “proportional” response, she said that “in 24, 30 hours, Israel had regained control of its territory. So, as of then, the right of self-defense in its own territory — if self-defense is to be applied — was exhausted.”
She added: “Does it mean that Israel had to passively leave after what Hamas had inflicted? No, as I said, the protection of Israeli citizens had to be insured, and the military presence of Hamas had to be repelled. Which was done.”
Frankly Speaking: Does Israel have a right to defend itself?
Frankly Speaking: Does Israel have a right to defend itself?
DUBAI: Israel does not have the right to self-defense that it claims in the Gaza Strip owing to its status as an occupying power, according to the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Francesca Albanese, who was appointed to the post in May 2022 for a three-year term...arab.news